• Spectrum: From Non-Racist to Anti-Racist Advocate

    Shifting the Power: Developing Personal Self-Awareness
    Adapted from Marlon James video and Dr. Gordon Hodson / 07/03/2019

    A tool used to understand individual, communal, educational, and systemic examples of passive non-racist, active non-racist, ally behavior, and anti-racist advocacy.

  • Stages of Creativity: Child Development and the Arts

    Stages of Creativity: Child Development and the Arts
    Ingenuity, prepared by Samina Hadi-Tabassum, Ed.D. / 07/05/2019

    Children undergo rapid physical and psychological changes from birth through adolescence. These developments include cognitive, social-emotional, speech and language, and fine and gross motor skills. In order to offer instruction that is high quality from an educational and artistic perspective, organizations and educators must be grounded in effective teaching practices which include stages of child development and degree of agency for students at each age.

  • Standards Alignment: Self Reflection and Best Practices

    Mastering the Standards: Arts Partner Edition
    Developed by Brenda K. Fineberg

    This Illinois Arts Standards Alignment Self-Reflection provides practitioners with ways to determine whether their current instruction, curriculum, and/or assessment is aligned with best standards-based practices.

  • Standards and/or Goal Development and Assessment (Definitions)

    Planning for Quality 102: Standards and/or Goal Development and Assessment
    Ingenuity, presented by Douglas Boughton and Kerry Freedman, NIU / 30/03/2018

    This document provides a list of assessment terms and definitions.

  • Standards and/or Goal Development and Assessment (Rubric Examples)

    Planning for Quality 102: Standards and/or Goal Development and Assessment
    Ingenuity, presented by Douglas Boughton and Kerry Freedman, NIU / 30/03/2018

    This document provides an example of a rubric for creative thinking at various levels.

  • Standards Content and Structure

    Mastering the Standards: Arts Partner Edition
    Developed by Brenda K. Fineberg

    This document provides concise definitions and examples for the Illinois Arts Learning Standards artistic processes and anchor standards.

  • Strive for Sustainability – APSP

    Ingenuity

    This section of the Arts Partner Standards of Practice provides an overview for component 4B of the Instructional Framework: Strive for Sustainability.

  • Strive for Sustainability – APSP

    Ingenuity

    This section of the Arts Partner Standards of Practice provides an overview for component 4B of the Organizational Framework: Strive for Sustainability.

  • Strive for Sustainability – APSP Guide

    Ingenuity

    This section of the Arts Partner Standards of Practice Guidebook provides an instructional overview for Focus Area 4 of the Organizational Framework: Continuous Quality Improvement, as well as a section for each component of this focus area. Each component section includes a high-level overview of the component goal, detailed descriptions of characteristics of practice, ways to improve practice and demonstrate growth in this component, and implications for field trip programs.

  • Strive for Sustainability – APSP Guide

    Ingenuity

    This section of the Arts Partner Standards of Practice Guidebook provides an instructional overview for Focus Area 4 of the Instructional Framework: Continuous Quality Improvement, as well as a section for each component of this focus area. Each component section includes a high-level overview of the component goal, detailed descriptions of characteristics of practice, and ways to improve practice and demonstrate growth in this component.

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